Pasta With Sausage, Broccoli, Asparagus, Mushrooms...

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 lb hot italian sausage, removed from casing
• 4 cloves garlic, thickly sliced
• 12 -15 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
• 6 shallots, diced with greens
• 1/2 lb broccoli, cut into florets,stems peeled
• 1/2 lb asparagus, peeled from 1 inch below the tips if the spears are large,cut into 1 inch pieces
• 8 ounces fresh sliced mushrooms
• 1 red bell pepper, sliced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• fresh diced basil
• fresh oregano
• 1/3 cup wine
• red pepper flakes
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 package rigatoni pasta or 1 package penne pasta
• 3 tablespoons freshly grated pecorino romano cheese or 3 tablespoons parmigiano-reggiano cheese

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a large saute pan set on medium heat, until almost sizzling, about 2 minutes.
• 2 cook the sausage meat for 3 minutes or until lightly browned. bring your water for the pasta to a boil and add pasta at this time.
• 3 transfer the sausage with a slotted spoon to a bowl and set aside.
• 4 add the garlic, shallots, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes to the same pan.
• 5 (if you like it spicy, add more red pepper flakes)!
• 6 cook over medium heat for 3 minutes, stirring to mix well.
• 7 add the cooked sausage, basil, oregano and wine and cook for 3 more minutes, stirring to scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan.
• 8 add the chicken stock and bring to a slow boil. lower heat. add broccoli, tomatoes, asparagus and mushrooms at this time.
• 9 add broccoli, tomatoes, asparagus and mushrooms at this time.
• 10 cover the pan and cook with lid slightly ajar, simmer for 8-10 minutes or until vegies are crisp.
• 11 drain your pasta and add it to the veggies. co0k for 1-2 minutes.
• 12 if you have too much liquid, thicken with the corn starch, not enough add water.
• 13 serve immediately with freshly grated cheese.